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alex eben meyer
Explorer | Level 4
1 year ago
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I can't rename a file I duplicated on Mac OS

i have seen this come up before, but haven't seen a fix. when i duplicate a file, on mac (sonoma 14.6.1) i am unable to rename the file. this is a standard part of my work flow and highly frustrati...
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    1 year ago

    Glad to hear the behavior doesn’t persist, at least for now. If this resurfaces though in the future, feel free to let us know here and we can continue looking into this.

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Douglas F.5
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

I have the same problem; 100% reproducible. Happened to the same file last week. I duplicate it, but then can't rename it or drag it to a different folder. It's like it's locked, but it's not locked. I can rename it using the Dropbox webpage, but not in macOS. Dropbox is synced.

 

Dropbox 209.4.3661   Sonoma 14.7   (considering upgrading to Sequoia)

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Nancy
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1 year ago

Thanks for all the details, Douglas F.5! If you reproduce this now with a different type of file, do you get the same result? 

 

Do you get any errors when trying to rename/move it on the desktop app or nothing happens at all when taking those actions?  

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